Washboard.



HJC.BUSH.

WASHBOAR D. K APPLICATION runnlmu 2, 1913.

1,105,124.: l 1 PatentedJuly28, 1914.

' Attorneys IbyW v I nnrrnn er HENRY U.

current l BUSH, OLE PERCILLA, EEXAS.

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Specification of Letters fatent. Application filed July 2, 1913.

To all tU/LOWL it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. Bnsrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Percilla, in the county of Houston and State or llexas, have invented a new and useful ashboard, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to wash boards, and aims to provide a novel and in) proved device of thatcharacter;

It the obj eet of the present invention to provide a waslr board of simple durability, and chca p construction, which shall also be serviceable and efiicient in its use.

lVith the foregoing general objects out lined, and with other objects in view. which will be apparent, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of constriwtion hereinafter described and claimed, it being under stood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invent ion herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The inventihn has been illustrated in its preferred emlioilimcnt, in th accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective VlEW of the improved wash board. Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the in vcntion, there is cur ployed, the usual base or back board 1, which may be secured between the legs 2, or whic may be secured to any other suitable tra me. The base board 1 provides a smooth rubbing;- surface upon which are secured, in a novel manner, a plurality of series of longitudinal and transverse wires to' effects. thorough cleansing action.

A plurality or series of equi-distant longitudinal wire strands 3 are secured upon the rubbing surface of the base board 1, and have their ends clenched through the board adjoiningthe upper and lower ends thereof. Two series of transverse Wire strands i are secured upon the rubbing surface of the board 1 adjoining the respective sides, the

ends of the strands 4 being clenched through the board over the outermost or remote strands 3 and over those strands 3'a-djoining the central longitudinal strand. There is also employed a central series of trans verse wire strands 5, which are disposed between the respective strands i, and which have their projecting between the respective aforesaid strands 4 and clenched through the board 1 over the longitudinal strands adjoining the outermost or remote longitudinal. strands. The respective transverse strands are thus in staggered relation with respect. to one another, the end portions of the central series of strands 5 extending between the respective series of side strands 4:.

The transverse strands being secured over the longitudinal strands will. be spaced from the rubbing surface, which will provide a more etlecti cleansing action, when the clothes are rubbed over the board as us'ual. The transverse strands being secured over the longitudinal strands, as described, will reduce the liability of the clothes being eta-n or iniured, and furthermore, the trans vc strands being spaced from the rubbing surface will pernnt the wash water to readily run down the rubbing surface under ncuth the transverse strands and between the respective longitudinal. strands. The longi. tudinal strands are also locked "underneath the transverse stra ds in order that they may not become dislodged, and in order to prevent them from being sprung sidewisei The present wash board may he inexpensivel v manufactured, the same being simple and durable in construction Having thus described the invention, what is claiined as new is:

A. wash board including a back board, a series of longitudinal wvires laid thereon and having their terminals clenched therethrough, two longitudinal series of relatively short side transverse: wires laid upon the longitudinal wires, the said transverse Wires being spaced from the central longitudinal wire, the outt /r extremities of the said transverse wires being bent over the side longitudinal strands and clenched through the back board, the inner ends of the said trans verse wires being bent over certain of the longitudinal wires between the central and side longitudinal wires and being clenched through the back board, and a longitudinal. series of relatively long central transverse wireslaid upon the longitudinal wires between the side transverse wires, the ends of the central transverse wires rejecting between the ends of the respective side transverse wires and. being bent over those longi-.

- tudin'al WiQ-esjbetween the ends of the side tramverw, wires. and clenched through the I back 'bnalfid', whereby the transverse wires havei dou ble spaced portions at the'side 5 and entmlpoints, andwill hav'single portionsil lltermediate the'said double spaced portiong,

In testirrgony that I claim the foregoing as my own, hav hereto afiixai my slgnature in the presence of two witnesses.

- HENRY C. BUSH.

Witnesses:

OWEN SULLIVAN, S. T. ANTHONY. 

